A bit of bad news has arrived regarding the entity that's now known as Activision Blizzard. The company sent out a press wire announcing that only five of Vivendi's games are expected to be published, leaving the future of the company's other titles in question. Further details are available in the full article.

*Update* Ghostbusters is still in development.
*Update 2* Brutal Legend has also left limbo.

Wondering what Capcom has on its plate as it readies for this year's E3 event? Among other titles, the company will be featuring an early arcade build of Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC) and details on a mystery title. Further information on their line-up is available in the full article.

Verbatim has announced its plans to release a new 500 GB portable hard drive for later this year. Aside from carrying some of the more standard features of the SmartDisk line, this new drive will also carry a reasonable price tag. Details are available in the full article.

Who says Ben Heck only deals in modding the latest gaming hardware? The modder's gone old school this time around, creating a laptop version of the  Apple IIGS computer from the 80s. More details and pics are available in the full article

We're letting the owners of the Mylo COM-2 personal communicator know that Sony has just released the handheld's firmware update v1.100.

This new release will give the Mylo 2 WMV and SHOUTcast support, among its other updates. More details are available in the full article.

Opera Software has announced that it will be releasing a version of its Opera Mini browser that will be compatible with Google Android-powered phones. Further details regarding this news are available in the full article.

It appears that the FCC's thinking that all this text messaging floating about can be put to good use.

The group has recently announced its proposal for an SMS-based emergency messaging system for sell phones and other mobile devices. More details on this announcement are available in the full article.

Nokia is sending word that they've just opened up the Dutch branch of their online Music Store service, accessible by either PC or their mobile phones. The store's opening also comes with a limited-time promo, which you can read over in the full article.

 Nokia has announced the initial gaming lineup for their recently opened N-Gage service for mobile phones. Aside from that, the company's also listed some of the other titles they'll be releasing at a later time. More details on this are in the full article.

Fancy porting some of your favorite tunes into your mobile as a ring tone? If that's the case, you may want to take a look at the ToneShop app by Darren Yates.

This app will enable you to convert your sounds into the more common formats out there, with this particular build now boasting of iPhone support. Details are available in the full article.